[TV] The Landscapers

[The Clamp]

Anyone else watching this little gem on Sky? Olivia Coleman and David Thewlis play Susan and Christopher Edwards who fled the country after killing her parents and burying them in the back garden. There’s a touch of the surreal to this true story and a bizarre and funny pair of people.

Had me laughing out loud at points. Fantastic cast too. Best thing I’ve seen for a while.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Really enjoying it, very dark and very funny despite the subject matter. My only slight criticism is Kate O’Flynn seems to be doing a tribute/parody of Kate Fleming from Line of Duty.

 

[AIT76]

Half way through and loving it.

It's not a 100% faithful recreation of the case but the subject matter is so bizarre anyway that it's much better set as a drama rather than a dry documentary. The portrayal of the police officers involved is completely fictional (they appear to be providing the comedy element) and I completely agree about DCI Flemming!

 

[The Clamp]

Half way through and loving it.

It's not a 100% faithful recreation of the case (eg they gave themselves up in Lille, not London) but the subject matter is so bizarre anyway that it's much better set as a drama rather than a dry documentary. The portrayal of the police officers involved is completely fictional (they appear to be providing the comedy element) and I completely agree about DCI Flemming!

True, it contains a lot of artistic license. I think they are trying to portray the couples’ bizarre inner life. Some of the ways they have done the sets and integrated them into the story-telling are fantastic.
I watched it all last night and was very impressed.
And it seems to be getting brilliant reviews.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Just finished it, really enjoyed it.

Kate Fleming, Lynn and slick editing made this a fun take on an odd real life incident.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

True, it contains a lot of artistic license. I think they are trying to portray the couples’ bizarre inner life. Some of the ways they have done the sets and integrated them into the story-telling are fantastic.
I watched it all last night and was very impressed.
And it seems to be getting brilliant reviews.

We haven’t watched it all yet, but thoroughly enjoyed the first two episodes. Brilliantly done and Olivia Colman with David Thewlis are superb. The review of the first episode in the Guardian described it as a career best performance for Colman.

 

[Perfidious Albion]

I watched episode one, but no more.
Should they treat this as a comedy? After all, it details the death of two real people. Real life murder is not a matter to laugh at.
IMHO it is fine to have a quirky comedy in ,eg. Professor T which is pure fiction but they owed it to the dead ,and any living relatives to treat their deaths seriously.
What was the depiction of the Police all about, again these are real people who put the couple away and the program depicted them as idiots...
No , this one is not for me.

 

[Official Old Man]

Watching it but not the best TV show. They could have done it a lot better. The true story (spoiler alert) can be found here
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-58556857
And reading that you think the show could have made a lot more of certain parts of the story.